Adding to your “mentor toolbox”3rd points for Consulting, Collaborating and Coaching

MENTOR ROUNDTABLEJANUARY 18, 2012

GOALS• Review the three stances of mentoring

• Reflect upon your work thus far

• Learn about “third point” tools and how to utilize them in your work as a mentor

• Explore the PGP process

• Learn from one another

consulting

collaborating

coaching

• giving advice

• answering questions

• sharing materials

• imparting information

• working together to increase the instructional capacity of both teachers

• acting as the “guide on the side”

• observing• collecting data• giving feedback• engaging in

learning focused conversations

• assisting the teacher in meeting his/her professional goals

Reflection…•As you think about your work thus far, where have you found yourself operating most of the time?

• Which role(s) would you like to engage in more often?

The “Third Point”

Third

point

Beginning

TeacherMentor

• Utilized to mediate and stimulate another’s thinking

• Establishes a focus for the conversation

• Lends structure to the conversation

• Helps to “de-personalize” the topic

• Encourages deeper, reflective thinking

A Third Point for the Consulting Stance

A Third Point for the Consulting Stance

• Top 10 Things you Need to Know to Thrive at _______________________________:•  •  • 10. _______________________________________________________________________•  •  • 9. ________________________________________________________________________•  •  • 8. _________________________________________________________________________•  •  • 7. _________________________________________________________________________•  •  • 6. ________________________________________________________________________•  •  • 5. ________________________________________________________________________•  •  • 4. _______________________________________________________________________•  •  • 3. _____________________________________________________________________•  •  • 2. ________________________________________________________________________•  •  • ________________________________________________________________________•  •  

A Third Point for the Collaborating Stance

Professional Articles with Text Based Protocols

Agreements Aspirations

Alignments Adjustments

A Third Point for the Collaborating Stance

Examining student work

A Third Point for the Collaborating Stance

A Third Point for the Collaborating Stance

Putting the Pieces of the PGP Puzzle Together

ReflectionPlease discuss the following with an elbow partner:

2 Ideas that you might add to your “tool box”

1 Question that you are pondering